Earl/Shane Scoreboard
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Let's play with new rules, absolutely no words can be said besides "safe" and calling the pocket or the shot.
We shall see how that would go.
paksat...Are you saying you believe Earl wins over Shane 100-60? If you are, you got action from almost everybody on this site. Earl has a small lead on day one. Most of these TAR matches have seen 10 game leads after the first day.
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No scott, that was a typo, score was 100-70 I believe the last time they played? Shane winning.
I'll edit that.
Yeah... that would drive TAR PPV sales through the roof, wouldn't it?
Hit your shot and sit down. Don't say anything. Everything quiet.
The pool purists would love it. But it wouldn't sell like this match and the upcoming Earl/JA match will sell. Whether you like that or not. That attitude and style is why there isn't any televised pool in the US now. It's boring unless you are a purist. It won't sell, and you won't get TV to touch it.
it would determine just how good each player though is, though wouldn't it?
That was hypothetical anyway, like it would happen.
This is overkill. I agree somewhat with what has been said here, emotion is good, drama is good. But Earl is trying too hard with it now (ie: wishes he was deaf comment). Personally I feel when you try too hard at anything you will fall on your face and thats what I'm expecting in Day 2 and 3
A good balance of drama, emotion and skill are what can make the sport thrive. Every sport has them. We are humans, not robots.
Good one. I've had guys say every manner of thing said about my manhood. I've had two guys hold their cues turned arround like a ball bat and swing it a foot away from my head, while I was down on a shot. Hung up and not paid three or four times in the same night. Dumped and walked in on the guys whacking up the cash once. Once I looked arround and my gf is rolling on the floor wi another girl in a viscious fight. This is kid stuff. Let them have some fun. Nobody has earned it more. That being said, I do think Earl should be reined in a bit at tournaments and he has to shut the ef up when you get down on the shot....
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Last time doesn't pay the rent and means nothing in this contest. Big table, less luck, may the best player win. If someone can't take a litle sharking, then take up croquet and see how much action you get then. Is Shane complaining?? DIdn't think so. So time to quit acting like high school girls protecting your boyfriend ! This man crush thing is kinda embarrassing, NOT that there is anything wrong with that.....
Last time doesn't pay the rent and means nothing in this contest. Big table, less luck, may the best player win. If someone can't take a litle sharking, then take up croquet and see how much action you get then. Is Shane complaining?? DIdn't think so. So time to quit acting like high school girls protecting your boyfriend ! This man crush thing is kinda embarrassing, NOT that there is anything wrong with that.....
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That's what TAR should do, sell the sizzle, the woof, have matchups like this that allow interaction when opponent is not adressing the shot. Would be kinda real when you think of all the BS that goes on in every hole in the wall juke joint with a pool table and liquor. Make it verbal cage wrestling 10 Ball with rules.
Like anything else, the key is knowing how much is too much. Sounds like it was at that point for a short while last evening.
One would think that there could be a way for whoever is in charge of that particular event could let the guys know that if it's getting to that point, a signal to dial it down a notch would be appropriate.
Face it, Minnesota fats made such an impression because of the woofing. Muhammad Ali. John McEnroe. Any wide receiver in football today. (Oops, they aren't playing football currently, are they? :embarrassed2: ) Charles Barkley. Michael Jordan and Larry Bird dished the trash talk as well as anyone ever did.
A little sizzle helps attract attention. Too much (Dennis Rodman, Terrell Owens) is simply too much, and needs to be reigned in.
I believe Earl understands this concept, deep down. He just needs a filter, someone to bring him back when he goes too far. A handler, so's to speak. Anyone organizing an event with him involved needs to understand this, as well, and to be prepared to catch him before he gets too far out there. from his accounts, Jay seems to get it, and seems to be able to let Earl know where that line is, and then Earl maintains that line. It's not like this is a new thing happening only recently.
A little attention to the sport would be a good thing.
Hmmm
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Good post dub !! I'm sure pool players invented sharking, I heard Abe Lincoln use to "kid" about sending someone to an unpleasant place for their next assignment when he was behind a few games playing pool !! NFL players have been known to spit in their opponents face, make bad remarks about the other guys wife or mother..... etc.
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Good post dub !! I'm sure pool players invented sharking, I heard Abe Lincoln use to "kid" about sending someone to an unpleasant place for their next assignment when he was behind a few games playing pool !! NFL players have been known to spit in their opponents face, make bad remarks about the other guys wife or mother..... etc.
grow up...
Hmmmm
Ok, will do. But you can still move to the kiddie game down the street if this is too much for your little sensitive heart..... booo freaking hoo....lol.
No response to my NFL comparison, huh?? Yeah, a little perspective, huh.??
Ok, will do. But you can still move to the kiddie game down the street if this is too much for your little sensitive heart..... booo freaking hoo....lol.
No response to my NFL comparison, huh?? Yeah, a little perspective, huh.??
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Earls antics have been around longer than Shane has been alive lol. If Shane was up you all would be laughing your asses off at his meltdown.which will happen again most likely. In their last match I don't recall as much earl bashing when svb happily beat his face in. Just saying earl hasn't changed his tune no matter how obnoxious it can be.
very good post dub. couldnt have said it better myself. it seems like over the years the more earl got away with his antics the more he has tried to get away with. sharking is one thing but his comment regarding shanes hearing could taking it too far. only earl knows wheather it was in a malicous way or an off the wall comment without thinking
if it is true that archer intends to give earl a taste of his own medicine at bad blood it will be very interesting to see how earl handles it.
I'm told by my "source" -- 
-- that Earl Strickland has experience playing on 5-by-10 tables. In fact, Earl has a little snooker knowledge. Snooker actually used to be quite popular down South. He also, I am told, used to played pool -- not snooker -- on the 5-by-10's in Detroit where Cornbread Red used to play all the time, real tight table. That might be worth a little edge in this match-up.
That said, with Earl hitting the big five-oh this year, Shane's got youth on his side with endurance and good eyes.
Earl, though, with his experience can adjust to equipment much faster than most. Shane, however, has that incredibly powerful break.
One thing for sure, this TAR challenge match is probably the biggest thing that's happened to pool in a very long time. How refreshing it is to have two champions compete, giving it their all.
I was beginning to think the pool world was turned upside-down in recent times with the huge spots being given out. Money talks, and B.S. walks, I guess, but for me personally, I'd much rather watch two champion pool players give it their all. 'Bout damn time the pool world came to its senses.
Sure, betting it high as the Georgia pine might be attractive, but it sure doesn't make for good pool watching when the talent is lopsided.
This match between Shane vs. Earl can now be considered an epic pool happening.
-- that Earl Strickland has experience playing on 5-by-10 tables. In fact, Earl has a little snooker knowledge. Snooker actually used to be quite popular down South. He also, I am told, used to played pool -- not snooker -- on the 5-by-10's in Detroit where Cornbread Red used to play all the time, real tight table. That might be worth a little edge in this match-up.That said, with Earl hitting the big five-oh this year, Shane's got youth on his side with endurance and good eyes.
Earl, though, with his experience can adjust to equipment much faster than most. Shane, however, has that incredibly powerful break.
One thing for sure, this TAR challenge match is probably the biggest thing that's happened to pool in a very long time. How refreshing it is to have two champions compete, giving it their all.
I was beginning to think the pool world was turned upside-down in recent times with the huge spots being given out. Money talks, and B.S. walks, I guess, but for me personally, I'd much rather watch two champion pool players give it their all. 'Bout damn time the pool world came to its senses.
Sure, betting it high as the Georgia pine might be attractive, but it sure doesn't make for good pool watching when the talent is lopsided.
This match between Shane vs. Earl can now be considered an epic pool happening.
